Plant Cells
Animal Cells
Organelles
Tell Me About It
Mixed
100
This organelle is essential in a plant cell. It has a rigid outer layer that that protects the cell and helps it stand up.
Cell wall
100

What is the organelle that consists of tubes and membranes that twist through the cell, forming tunnels.

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

100
This organelle is found in both plant and animal cells. They are the powerhouses of the cell. They are responsible for making carbon dioxide, water, and lots of energy.
Mitochondria
100
Tell me three facts about cells.
All living things have cells, cells are the smallest living unit, cells come from other cells, etc.
100
Identify two organelles that are in both plant and animal cells.
mitochondria, vacuoles, cell membranes, nucleus, etc.
200
This organelle takes in sunlight in a plant cell and aids in photosynthesis.
chloroplasts
200
This organelle is found in all animal cells and plant cells. It is a thin outer covering that lets food, water, and gases enter the cell while letting wastes leave.
cell membrane
200
Daily Double: Explain the difference between the vacuoles in plant and animal cells.
Plant cells have one large vacuole, while animal cells have many small vacuoles.
200
Which organelle is made up of membranes and tubes, and its PRIMARY function is to break down deadly matter and to control the amount of chemicals in the cell.
Smooth ER
200
What would eventually happen to a cell if the nucleus did not function correctly?
cell death
300
DAILY DOUBLE: What is responsible for giving the plant cell its color, and in what organelle is this pigment found?
chlorophyll, found in cholorplasts
300

This organelle has one of the most important functions in a cell. It holds DNA which is what makes you have the traits you have.

Nucleus

300
This organelle is often found in animal cells, but seldom found in plant cells. It is used to break down food and nutrients, as well as old cell parts.
Lysosomes
300
The Rough Endoplasmic Recticulum is a group of membranes and tunnels that help produce lots of protein. What is the organelle called that can be found on the rough ER that is responsible for making the proteins?
Ribosomes
300
What is DNA?
Matter found inside the nucleus that makes living things have certain traits and qualities.
400
Explain the role of the vacuole in a plant cell.
The vacuole stores water, food, and waste. When it is full it keeps the plant standing upright, when it is not the plant may wilt.
400
Explain the job of the cytoplasm.
Cytoplasm helps hold the floating organelles in place.
400
Explain the difference in the external structure of plants and animal cells. Double Points: What is responsible for the difference?
plant cells are strong and stand upright, animal cells do not have a firm outer layer enabling their structure to move freely. Cell Walls are responsible.
400
Tell me about the function of ribosomes and both places they can be found.
Ribosomes make proteins. They are found on the Rough ER and scattered throughout the cell.
400
What organelle is found in both plant and animal cells that help make up the external layer of the cells?
cell membrane
500
How is the food making process different in plant than in animal cells?
Plant cells have chloroplasts to help make their food.
500
Explain how the Golgi Apparatus functions.
The Golgi apparatus works in the cells like a mailman. It packages proteins and changes them so they are ready to leave the cell.
500
What part of an animal cell is attached externally and aids in its ability to move?
Flagella
500
What type of cells may need many mitochondrion due to their need for lots of energy?
Muscle cells
500
Identify the organelle(s) that are only found in plant cells. mitcochondria, chloroplasts, vacuoles, cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasm
chloroplasts, cell wall
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